Words In the Margin

Joshua Harrison

Words are written,


Meant for two.

For a writer, a reader,


For me, for you. 


But have you ever wondered,


Have you ever heard?


Of a word meant for one?


A lonely word...


A word created, 


With no reader in mind.


A word left unknown,


To all of mankind.


Every being on Earth,


Has been designed.


To communicate; navigate,


To call out and to find,


Another lonely word,


Scrawled upon a page.


A word in the margin,


Fading with age.


For a word is destined,


For two to observe.


The writer the reader,


To create and preserve.


Jokes and smiles,


Times long passed.


Fires put out,


Dreams now glassed.


When smoke rises,


Both ash and men fall.


But mere words in the margin,


Can be the start of it all...

  • Author: Joshua Harrison (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 6th, 2017 02:50
  • Comment from author about the poem: *Hey guys, so, I used to know this girl, we really liked each other (a generic inspiration for poetry writing I know) but we used to borrow books from each other and annotate them in the margins so the next time we read our favourite books we would see it from their point of view, bringing us together. Anyway, recently she declared she no longer was interested in me, it inspired this poem, written in the precious 4:27 minutes after a heartbreak*
  • Category: Love
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  • Goldfinch60

    Very good write, what happens to those words.



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